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Sklyarov charges to be dropped

Dmitry Sklyarov has been restricted to living in California ever since his arrest in July for violation of the DMCA. Now it appears that charges against Sklyarov are going to be dropped with a few strings attached.

"With this agreement, Dmitry gets everything he could get from an acquittal, and more. The indictment will be dismissed eventually, he gets to tell his story truthfully without pressure from the government, and he gets to go home now, rather than wait in the U.S. while the case is fought," said Sklyarov's attorney, John Keker.

In the agreement he will be required to give a disposition and possibly testify for either side in the case. This agreement doesn't appear to affect the overall case since the charges against Sklyarov's employer ElComSoft is still in tact. A news release from Sklyarov's attorneys can be found at Planet PDF. The case looks like it almost has been forgotten to some of the outlets that fervently supported Dmitry since at the time of this writing the EFF and even FreeSklyarov.org haven't picked up on the news.

Update: Both of the above outlets have updated their pages, the EFF release can be found here.